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Awesome blogger Zoe over at “Zooloo’s Book Diary” invited me to host a guest post last week with the topic of my choosing. It was a lot of fun sorting through ideas related to my book and took me way, way back to the ’90s and the amazing action movies …

It’s been almost a full year since my last post. Reminds me of three formal rejections I received within the last week, two of which had almost aged a year (one was only 436 words short) and the other story was just over a year old. Side note here: if it’s …

Moving forward with the Change for the Better: Making Informed Decisions Regarding Your Finances and Health series, I’d like to touch upon deal-shopping since Christmas is right around the corner. For as far back as I can remember, A-Dawg (my wife) and I have always done Christmas on a tight …

When my first son was born eight years ago, I was: Overweight and super unhealthy Unemployed In massive debt Living with my girlfriend’s parents Blowing a fraction of my unemployment checks on scratch-off lottery tickets Living life without a plan Today, I: Weigh 65lbs. less and have been certified “fit” …

Well, November was a complete blur. I had never participated in National Novel Writing Month before, and I hadn’t planned on it this year either. But two days before it was set to start, I decided what the hell and made the commitment. I had pumped out roughly 65K words …

I’ve watched/begun watching a whole bunch of shows since the first list, which can be found here. Damn Netflix. Damn binge watching. Damn my everlasting quest to find the perfect tale. My top show remains, without a doubt, Breaking Bad. I believe it had a complete story to tell, the …

With Prime Day officially behind us, 100% of customers were left wondering, “Da fuck?” “People always want more,” said Amazon bigwig, Jeff Mercap. “People are naturally greedy. It’s sad, really.” We polled a local government office where a majority of the employees spend upwards of eight hours a day …

Everybody dreams. It’s something of a cliché in movies. The desperate, struggling artist. He or she becomes completely obsessed with the idea that they’re on the verge of their big break. They sniff and are able to smell the faint trail of victory hanging in the air. These damned people …

This is a very exciting moment for me, because over the last year, I’ve been hard-at-work on two polar-opposite books. And now their time has come to be served to those who matter. Dead Butterflies (101,000 words) is about a father who poses as a psychologist in order to infiltrate …

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been up to my neck in DIYs. I’m getting my current home ready for the market. For most of this epic journey, I’ve felt great and productive and sort of like a local hero. I imagine my community gathers at night at the dog …